I have been using a Primera Bravo Pro on my MacPro for 2 years now. Most of that time i have experienced many problems, however, with perseverance comes the answers if you look long enough.
One of the most frustrating issues was a faded start to discs when printing successive discs. This has been reported to be a known Mac/Bravo Pro issue and so far the fix appears to be in the following information.
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If you have recently changed the image sharpening value to "12" as described in this article
http://www.simonmalcolm.com/blog/bravo_fix.pdf
you may need to change it back to "11". If this problem continues to happen you may need to switch between these values.
Use "12" for partial coverage prints with black text or graphics.
Use "11" for full coverage prints.
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I have changed the value to 11 and have since found no problem in good quality prints in close succession of each other.
Hope this helps.
Simon Malcolm, Australia.
Posted by: Simon Malcolm on Jul 28, 2008 at 3:44:08 pm
I have found that when using Discribe 6.0.8 by Charismac (this is the software that runs the Primera Bravo Pro for Mac) on my MacPro running 10.4.11 the following error can occur.
When setting up the project, the first folder in the list (usually AUDIO_TS) will be renamed by the software to AUDI_001. This isn't a real problem if you're not using that folder, but it can be a real problem if you don't have an AUDIO_TS and the VIDEO_TS folders gets renamed. When this occurs, the renaming can result in the VIDEO_TS folder being renamed to VIDE_002. This will cause the DVD player to error.
The following link will show you a short clip.
http://www.simonmalcolm.com/blog/discribe_6_fault.mp4
In the clip you will see that if you name the project AFTER adding the TS folders the problem will occur, however, naming the project BEFORE adding the TS folders will avoid the problem.
LATEST UPDATE (29/8/08) - Charismac just sent me Discribe 6.0.9 which has now fixed this problem...that's great news! If you're experiencing the same problem email erice@charmismac.com and ask about Discribe 6.0.9.
I hope this helps,
Simon Malcolm, Australia.
Posted by: Simon Malcolm on Jul 28, 2008 at 3:41:03 pm
I discovered after much trial, error and pain that the following can occur.
If you have a Primera Bravo Pro installed on a Mac running 10.4 AND you have an Epson printer driver installed on the same machine which is SET TO DEFAULT, the Primera machine will not print to the edge of the disc.
Set the Primera Printer Driver to default and the problem is fixed.
Hope this helps,
Simon Malcolm, Australia.
Posted by: Simon Malcolm on Jul 27, 2008 at 12:37:01 am
